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Re: Non-accusative, non-ergative, non-active

From:John Cowan <cowan@...>
Date:Sunday, July 13, 2003, 18:19
mathias scripsit:

> The door is an device that is an inalienable attribute of the house
Why inalienable? Barring major (and very recently developed) surgery, giving someone a new mouth is not possible, but changing the door to a house is a relatively straightforward operation, unless indeed the door is a mere opening without a closeable portion. -- I marvel at the creature: so secret and John Cowan so sly as he is, to come sporting in the pool jcowan@reutershealth.com before our very window. Does he think that http://www.reutershealth.com Men sleep without watch all night? --Faramir http://www.ccil.org/~cowan

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Thomas R. Wier <trwier@...>